Chapter 31

Who would have thought that working in Oracle enterprises was what I needed in my life. The job was everything; it was high paying, the environment was work friendly (even though Penelope got on my nerves a few times), it offered comfort suprisingly (I had thought that my work as a secretary was going to be strenuous), and I got to see Lorenzo every work day. The latter made me tingle. Seeing him everyday just made me realise that my feelings for him was beginning to grow stronger; what I felt was more than friendship.

Squaring my shoulder and inhaling a dose of confidence, I knocked at his office door. I needed to drop some files that he would sign on.

“Come in,” I heard him say and the door clicked open. Someone had opened the door but it wasn’t him, his personal assistant did.

“Hi, you look great!” His bubbly assistant greeted and complimented me in one breath. I was putting one on a pencil black skirt and white patterned chiffon top that the files rested on. A